Random Things That Bring Me Joy!

Wow... I'm a bloggin' fool...
Anyway, came up with a little side bar I'm incorporating....

RANDOM THINGS THAT BRING ME JOY!

I'll change it randomly so keep watch!

Check it out to your right homeslice!

Kimya Dawson from The Moldy Peaches... Truvia?? NO!

Hey...
Check it... found out about the MOldy Peaches about 2 yrs. ago... simple but fun stuff... and just dialed this one up on the Utube... Kimya Dawson from the peaches... interesting fact - apparently she was ripped off in a Truvia commerical - with a song that sounds a whole lot like her... but it's not.... hmmm...

Anyway... here is Jorge Regula by the Moldy Peaches and The Beer by Kymya Dawson... both good stuff... check out the strumming on The Beer... wild!

The Northwoods Dingwop is Back

Hey all - if anybody is checking still...
Had an outstanding Tomten weekend on the 20th of August. Great food, drink and most of all music. Had a nice downpour - wouldn't be Tomten without one... then two double rainbows... WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

So big thanks to Sid for the PA and recordings.... we'll be sending them on out soon... and big thanks to Paul and the Pilots and Sara for making the trip up from St. Paul town... great to have you guys. And of course my beautiful sister Carrie for all her help! Al and Phoebe too! Nice to see the VW Camper out and about.

Already making big plans for next year!
Here are some pics from the weekend...

PAUL SEEBA slaying on the Tomten stage...

DOUBLE RAINBOW!

The former Pilots looking suprisingly sober?!?...

CHRIS CLEMENS closing up the night or early mornin'...

Lastly, if you want to get a gut ache laughing at something... check this one out... ties into the DOUBLE RAINBOW!

Is the blog lame???

Do I need to go to something new?
Am I some kind of 21st century dino??
I'm not so much feeling the blog... kind of like Strehlo... the posts have been lagging...
I have to admit... I hate the fallacy of MyFace or SpaceBook... "Yeah, I have 137 friends"... 133 of which you honestly couldn't care less about... so I don't really want to get involved with an imaginary list of "friends"... if the Drunkards went to that format I would have about 8 friends... on purpose!

Anyway... post a comment on your thoughts... thanks!
~peace~

HAPPY LABOR DAY... To All The Workin' Stiffs....

Just a reminder that Labor Day is about the hard working folks in this country and the hard-fought battles that earned you things like vacation and sick time, basic worker's rights and not to mention THE WEEKEND!!! So remember that Labor Day is not so much about hot dogs and the end of summer but rather some very hard fought victories that a lot of us take for granted everyday! Okay... I'm off the soapbox....

Please enjoy Mr. Steve Earl....

Rockin' It Through August

Hey peeps... been awhile... AGAIN!
Anyway... just trying to make August go as slow as possible so I can spend my last waning days of freedom from the daily grind in peace and happiness.

Last couple weeks....
Attended and played at the Shnag-Dang-Doodle.... a party very similar to Tomten located down in way West Duluth - or Fon du Lac... whichever... we had a great time and helped fry the keg!

Sid and Mark "The Stalwart" Macham rockin' the djembe...


Nice night shot of the "stage" with Colleen Myhre doin' her thing....


Caught the Hoghed Festival fireworks in Proctor, MN last night... as always a great show!

Other than that... just livin' the dream!

Garden tomatoes.... the yellow ones are "Lemon Boys" and are yellow when ripe... just so ya know... DellMarie gave some to one of her clients last summer and she let them sit on her counter to ripen cuz she was waiting for them to turn red... won't happen... they're awesome tomatoes though! Made salsa today!!! YEAH!



Cover of the week... very short snipet of some half-assed pep band doing a cover of Waiting Room by Fugazi at a kickball tourney ... the guitarist is LOST but I'm LOVIN' IT! In a word... inspiring!

Hey Hey...
Wrapping up July with the 7th annual (if my memory serves)... FREE RANGE FILM FESTIVAL right here in Wrenshall, Minnesota. In fact, we have to drive about 2.5 miles to get to the barn where they show the films... that's right... the BARN!
Not sure you can find any other independent (or dependent for that matter) film fest held in an actual barn. So this is special for sure.
Took in some nice films - a couple highlights included a documentaries on a hockey mom from a suburb of the Twin Cities who gave up her 9 to 5 and became a stay at home mom but supplemented the family income by hosting sex toy parties at night... or the doc on the 69-year old "Cocksman" dubbed "Dynamic Tom" who talked explicitly about his sexual exploits and desires... imagine your grandpa talking about bangin' chicks and shaved you know whats... wow!
A doc on the co-founder of Jelly Belly and how he sold out and basically got SKEREWED big time... interesting... oh, and a little short on the photo archive in England and the crazy requests they get for photographs... like the Dodo Bird in the wild - never mind the Dodo went extict in the 1700's before photography was even invented... or a picture of Hitler at the 1948 Olympics???? WHAT?

And a nice addition to the event this year was a pretty entertaining band from Minneapolis-town playing outside the Barn during the breaks... complete with keys, bass, guitar, drums and ukelele...

The other ultra-cool thing about this deal is that they don't give a flying funk what you bring on it to supplement your movie watching... so most folks haul in a few brews or a jug of wine or cocktails... again, where can you do that in this freedom-filled country... Wrenshack... that's where!
The night session was packed... the entire upstairs was full - probably a good 100+ folks and they have two screens going down stairs as well... so it was well attended.
So pics from the event...

Some crazy dude in a clown wig trying to shag some film-goers in...


DellMarie, Carrie and Kenny in the Barn...


The big sceen in the barn...


The Barn outside at dusk...